THE BRIDGE EDUCATIONAL TRUST (1996)

Registered charity 1068720 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Trust provides grants and bursaries to assist with the education of students of any individual drawn primarily from the parishes of Piddletrenthide with Plush, Piddlehinton and Alton Pancras, and secondarily from those born or having their main residence in the County of Dorset.

Objects

HELPING (EITHER BY SINGLE GRANTS OR BY PROVISION OF BURSARIES) WITH THE EDUCATION OF STUDENTS OF ANY SEX RACE COLOUR OR CREED DRAWN PRIMARILY FROM THE PARISHES OF PIDDLETRENTHIDE (WITH PLUSH) PIDDLEHINTON AND ALTON ST. PANCRAS (AS THEIR PARISH BOUNDARIES STOOD AT THE DATE HEREOF) AND SECONDARILY FROM THOSE BORN OR HAVING THEIR MAIN RESIDENCE IN THE COUNTY OF DORSET AND IN THIS DEED THE WORD "EDUCATION" SHALL BE DEEMED TO INCLUDE PARTICIPATION IN EXPEDITIONS OR TRAVEL GROUPS ORGANISED FOR SCIENTIFIC CULTURAL OR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES.

Area of benefit: PIDDLETRENTHIDE, PIDDLEHINTON AND ALTON ST.PANCRAS. THE COUNTY OF DORSET.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £259,333 for the year ended 31 March 2026, primarily driven by a £274,317 unrealised loss on investments. Despite this deficit, the trustees consider there are sufficient funds to carry out charitable objectives for the foreseeable future, with unrestricted reserves standing at £2,807,201.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• NICHOLAS JONATHAN GODFREY HARLANDchair
• ALAN DAVID ZEAL
• Hannah Jane Murphy
• Nathan James Ritson
• Olivia Mary Steven
• PETER SEAN PHILLIPS CLAXTON
• Rebecca Helen Ross

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Dorset

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